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Yep; I have a helmet, an HGU-55 bought used and modified with ANR and CEP audio system plus an Oregon Aero headliner. I only use it for single engine warbird flying so far, but coming up I'll be doing a maintenance test flight on my RV-8 after replacing 4 cylinders... I might look silly in an RV...

Cans = boobs. There are a few YouTuber pilots with thumbnail pics of a cute chick with a nice rack in the right seat. Guaranteed clickbait.

FARP?

Breckenridge, TX; man that’s a cool shop to visit…

The answer to all your questions is, yes. All of the above. I had my RV-8 painted 10 years ago; silly me, I took it to an upstart shop in Central Texas. He was a good guy, a custom car painter that was branching out into airplanes, but, my bad for being an early customer for his new shop. He...

Answering my own question; after calling numerous vendors today, it appears that new cylinders don't exist! Unobtainium, back ordered everywhere. My current jugs are Lycoming 1995 vintage but overhauled in 2005 by ECI with the Cerminil process. They're not under the AD so "should" be...

Beautiful lighting, clean belly, cowl flaps closed... perfect!!

New cylinders... anyone have a vendor they like in particular? I have an O-360-A1D with 1870 hrs SMOH on overhauled ECI cylinders. It’s at the shop right now and it looks like I need either a top overhaul or new cylinders. Gibson’s, Sal’s, J&J are all reputable shops, and the guys working on...

“My instructor and I….” Please, use proper English and grammar. Reading that line gave me a headache. And, to pile on what everyone else has said, don’t argue with your instructor. He knows more than you.

SE... GMU, JQF, HKY... Why do so many posters do this... is it a treasure hunt to look up the identifiers to see where you're talking about? It really wouldn't be too difficult to put maybe a city or airport name or perhaps even a state when discussing locations. Sorry for the rant, but it's...

I don't quite follow the intent of this post; are you saying skip the stripping and use brushes/rollers for the new paint job?

My RV-8 traveling map is pretty embarrassing for 2021; only 85 hours and barely left the state of Texas. But, it was a good year for CAF flying doing tours, rides and whatnot; the map below is roughly 120 hours in the B-17G, C-47, Twin Beech, SB2C, SNJ and T-28D. And the airline 737 map? Ehhh...

I did! But, only briefly… if I dozed and the plane started to “drift” a bit, the props would go out of sync and wake me back up. Plus, in the back of my mind was this guy flying my run 2-3 years previously; he made a smoking hole…...

I made it through 2+ years, late ‘90 to early ‘93 flying for US Check, later to become Airnet. A great outfit to fly for with no pilot pushing by maintenance or dispatch. My initial 135 checkouts were Aerostar, Baron 58, C-310R, though most of my time was in the 310 (2400 hrs) out of Omaha...

In today’s market that’d be a runout Ercoupe.

A fairly recent arrival update to Las Vegas is the Choww1 arrival in honor of the movie The Hangover; most of the character names are referenced. Another of my subtle favorites is on Q438 over Lake Erie; FARGN and ICHOL. Whoever named those was a fan of the 1984 movie Johnny Dangerously…

A-2? You mean an Antonov An-2?

The dog in back… it really ties the room together. Great pics!

Like what what? Try reading and comprehending. Hiring 50/month is quite a change from 50/year.

News flash; non-conservatives can live in the Gulf Coast area too, it’s allowed.